No more sexy time for you

Thank God for California and it's hard-line, no nonsense legislators. California announced today that they have closed two major loopholes in state law, thus making it harder for teachers who have committed sex crimes to remain teachers. Personally, I had no idea there was a state in the country where teachers could sleep with their students and keep their job. If I had, I would have moved there long ago and gone back to high school. And stayed there. But no longer shall immoral teachers corrupt our youth, not while the Governator is on the job. Damn you Schwarzenegger, how dare you make our children safer.

On a more serious note, it amazes me that this is even an issue. But I suppose that only in California could this law go overlooked. And I think it demonstrates a stark contrast (and iron contrast?) between state laws. In California your now less likely to keep your job if you have sex with a student, where as in the south you may or may not be executed for the offense...

Ill-Tempered Blankets

Another interesting headline: Army to step up offensive Afghan operations this winter.

I have yet to encounter this in medical school, but when I do I will be sure to update everyone on the specifics of the surgical corrective procedures used for bed-spreads lacking etiquette.

I took my first med school test yesterday. I was scared to death as I had hear rumors that, on average, 40% of the class will fail the first test. I don't know if there is any truth to that, but I only missed two questions on the test. Yay, I passed with a 93%.

Sensitive Information

I just saw a headline on Yahoo news which confuses me greatly. The headline read "Scientists Reveal Why Some Butterflies Have Eye Spots On Their Wings".

Thank you, o great scientists, for deaming me worthy of this information. After years of posessing this awe-inspiring knowledge you have finally chosen to pass it on to us lesser beings. We are forever in your debt.

Damn those scientists with their expensive research and their basketball....

Medical School Begins

Tuesday marked the begining of my medical school career. Now, during my undergraduate experience I learned something about myself. Chemistry is not one of my stronger points. I can understand it, but I would not invite it over for dinner on a regular basis. So what was my very first class in medical school? Biochemistry, 8am. Yay.
School has been entertaining so far, but I assume it will become rediculously difficult by the end of the week, at which time I will be starting anatomy, radiology, and histology. On the plus side, some of those classes allow me to wear fancy doctor clothes.
Also, today I am a year older. Yesterday I was 365 days older, but apparently that was not a worthwhile accomplishment.

What do you mean "No Internet"?!?!?!!!!!

I finally have an internet connection again. People older than myself will (and have) mock me for my utter dependance on the internet, but I need it. Seriously, try living without it for a while, then try to remember how to operate a phone book, or find something in a new town with no maps...Now that I am connected to the world again, I will be posting more regularly. But for now, I need to be getting to class/orientation stuff...Apparently doctors often need orientating (orienting? Turning Japanese?).

First Impression, Battlefield: Bad Company

While I am far from finishing the game, I have been given the opportunity to play through the first hour and a half of Battlefield: Bad Company. So far, the game has not disappointed. The game is packed with humor, explosions, and...well, more funny. How could that possibly go wrong?

The game is centered around four soldiers whose role in an indiscriminate war is uniquely summed up by a conversation between the games main characters. While being sent on what could easily be seen as a suicide mission, one of the soldiers remarks that the army has soldiers specially trained for the mission they are about to attempt. Another soldier blithely remarks that using them on this mission would be a waste of the army's money. Essentially, Bad Company is expendable, and the first line of defense in completely indefensible situations.

So far I have laughed, cried, and maybe even pooped a little...

Kaboom!!!!!!

Today Iran test-launched weapons capable of striking Israel. Israel has said that if Iran does not discontinue all nuclear enrichment programs they will attack Iran. Iran has stated that they will retaliate if Israel attacks them. Where the hell is Winston Churchill when you need him? Seriously, we are all hosed. Where have the strong world leaders gone? People capable of stepping in and doing what had to be done. They have been replaced by Ol' George W. "Ramblin'" Bush and his "We need to fiximacate the middle eastish areas through militaryistic manuveration", while every once in a while Cheney jumps in with "don't forget about the oil!". And who the hell knows what is actually going on? The Iranian Special Guard leaders have stated that the act was to "demonstrate Iran's capability in hitting its enemies accurately at the early stages of their probable attacks against the Islamic Republic." All the while Ahmadinejad is saying that Iran does not want war. All of this goes on without thought one as to the well being of the people caught in the middle of these crossfires.

World events continue to play out dictated by the rich while the people they are supposed to represent die in the process. The men who call the shots, who decide to insight rage and invoke "patriotism" for the sake of financial gain, they are not the ones who kill their fellow man following a force fed ideal. They are not the ones who lay dead in the streets of a foreign country while other men in neatly pressed uniforms inform their families that they have been of "great service to our country". They don't spend their time hiding in their house scared to death that a bomb may kill them in their sleep, or that someone who disagrees with their religion may murder them on their way to temple or mosque.

Don't think I am just an anti-war hippie either. Their is a time when war is necessary. When millions are being slaughtered simply because one rich man thinks he is better than the rest, action must be taken. When the threat to the lives of your family and friends is imminent, action must be taken. But when innocent people die because one group believes themselves to be superior to another, then all logic is lost. Country is an arbitrary designation based on current economic situations. Cultural differences are very real, but never worth dying over. Churchill knew this. He continues to work through his children and grandchildren to convey this message. Israeli, Iranian, Iraqi, American, French, we are all people. It's pathetic that we put so much energy into killing each other. If only scientist ruled the world.

Our only hope may be that a universal threat appears and unites all people on a common front. My guess, it's gonna be the raptors. Hopefully it will be the Sith though, because lightsabers would be bas ass...